Iceland Travel

Iceland
is the second largest island in Europe. It is in between New York
and Moscow and lies near the artic circle so Iceland travel
is not far. Iceland is a very young country and hence
waiting to be explored. Iceland travel
deals include all the information about various places to visit
and include in your trip. You have a lot of site seeing areas,
as the interior of travel Iceland is full of mountains and its
highest peak being Hvannadalshnukur at a height of 2,119m. TOURIStour operators
take optimum care to show you all the sites that are worth watching.

The climate

Though Iceland is in the northern region
it seems adventure tours might be difficult but on the contrary
the climate is much milder and supports Iceland
travel. The average temperature in January is about -1°C
and in July is 11.2°C. TOURIS
takes extra efforts that you are comfortable in these climates
while the tour operators
make Iceland tour packages.
The coastal area is rather windy but thunderstorms are very rare which
supports Iceland travel. The western and southern coasts
have mild temperatures and July and August are the warmest months.
The dark period lasts from November to January and Touris tour
operators take extra care that Iceland
travel deals take these facts into consideration.

The islands

In Iceland
there are numerous islands, which act as sites for Touris Iceland
tour operators. Though only some islands are inhabited the
largest are the Westman Islands in the south of Iceland.
Touris Iceland travel deals include sightseeing
of these islands and a flight from Reykjavik takes less than half an hour.

Iceland travel
has a very distinctive feature that is its glaciers, which occupy
approximately 10% of its total area. These glaciers range from
small cirque glaciers to extensive glacier caps like the ones
in Greenland. The glaciers
are an exciting place for adventure
tours and you can have them included in your tour by
opting for Touris.

The rivers and lakes

Iceland has many rivers and lakes due to
water that melts from the glaciers. But these
are not navigable due to heavy currents but make excellent site
for river rafting as included in tour
of TOURISIceland
tour package. The longest river in Iceland
is Thjorsa that is 230 km long.

The flora

Earlier Iceland
was covered with trees and plants all over but due to excessive
grazing and logging of fuel the forests have for the most part disappeared.
Now in Iceland there are few wooded areas. The flora
includes about 470 species of indigenous and naturalized species
of vascular plants, including 37 species of vascular Cryptograms,
1 Gymnosperm, nearly 290 species of Dicotyledons and 145 species
of Monocotyledons. Touris
Iceland tour packages allow you to witness
all these fantastic plants and rejuvenate yourself. There are
lot many grasses and few varieties of artic-alpine species. Your
tour to travel Iceland should include watching these
plants.

The mammals

The most common wild animal in Iceland is the
Arctic fox. Reindeer are in considerable number but was originally introduced
from Norway. The best adventure
tours are viewing whales. Mink was intrroduced to Iceland for fur farming
but it went wild and caused great damage to bird and
fish life. The most common domestic animals are cattle, sheep
and horses, pigs, goats, dogs and cats, hens, geese, ducks, turkeys,
pigeons and angora rabbits. The more common one is the Icelandic
horse and these horses offer an astonishingly smooth ride. The
sea mammals include whales, grey seals and artic seals. In Iceland
around seventeen species of whales have been found which include
porpoises, killer whales, fin whales, sei whales, sperm whales
and mink whales. Even the big blue whales and humpback whales
are increasing in numbers. Viewing all these sea animals is a
part of Iceland tour operators.

The birds

There are about 241 species of birds in Iceland. Out
of these, 72 nests regularly, 6 are common passage migrants, about
30 are regular drift migrants or winter visitors, and the rest
end up here accidentally. Sea birds, waterfowl, and waders are
the most common birds. Bird watching can also be a very different
experience when you travel
Iceland with touris. There are 16 species of
ducks. Iceland is one of few places where the whooper
swan is still a common breeding bird. The most important sea birds
are the common guillemot, Brunnich's guillemot, the razorbill,
the puffin, the kittiwake, the fulmar, and the gannet. The most
celebrated of all birds is the Icelandic falcon, which in former
times enjoyed a great reputation amongst falconers. The huge white-tailed
eagle was formerly fairly common. There are two species of owls.
The snowy owl, which is extremely rare, was restricted to certain
wild parts of the central highlands. The short-eared owl is found
in low-lying moorland and valleys. Iceland
tour packages give you the essential information
and Iceland travel deals ensure that you watch these
birds.